Tag Archives: May

May Day 23

allium vineale

this
transplant
from the east
seems out of place
here, overlooked as a wild noxious weed

~kat


Poetry form for the month of May: Tetractys/5 lines/syllable count 1-2-3-4-10.

From Wikipedia: Allium vineale (wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag’s garlic…also called “Dready”) is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and the Middle East. The species was introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become a noxious weed.

I had never seen this plant before. Of course I had to look it up!


May Day 22

white sails

the
lilies
are blooming
pearlescent flutes,
ambassadors of peace with prickly tongues

~kat


Poetry form for the month of May: Tetractys/5 lines/syllable count 1-2-3-4-10.


May Day 21

tread-softly

horse
nettle
deadly weed,
taint of poison,
apple of sodom, bane of innocents

~kat


Poetry form for the month of May: Tetractys/5 lines/syllable count 1-2-3-4-10.


May Day 20

how
swiftly
the days pass,
gone forever
but for brief flickers of remembering

~kat


Poetry form for the month of May: Tetractys/5 lines/syllable count 1-2-3-4-10.


May Day 18

carpe diem already

time
enough
is a lie
some dreams won’t keep
while we waste the hours sleeping on them

~kat


Poetry form for the month of May: Tetractys/5 lines/syllable count 1-2-3-4-10.